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There is still a huge amount about the bill and its possible outcomes that remains unfathomed and possibly unfathomable.
And perhaps this is not a regrettable fact: "At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable " (Walden, XVII).
They are the great unfathomed power in Britain's constitution.
In contrast, nature, prodigal and thoughtless, takes no heed of visibility: William Wordsworth celebrates the flowers that "waste their sweetness on the desert air" and the treasures lying hidden in "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean".
"Birdman," too, involves more than a touch of magic realism, but its magic is a bit on the nose; Nance's fantastic visions don't evoke character or even tell a story as much as they evoke a spirit world, a haunted landscape, a family nightmare in which intimacy is in danger of instant breakdown under the influence of latent, unfathomed forces that are as alluring as they are terrifying.
From the unfathomed complexity of brain tissue — "essentially an alien computational material" — to the mystery of dark matter, we know too little about our own minds and the universe around us to insist on strict atheism, he said.
We dream of personalized genomics, vaccines against heart disease, and the unfathomed efficiencies from information technology.
After a summer full of degradation and defeat, the Mets on Thursday burrowed to a previously unfathomed nadir.
From AAP: Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Monday referred to the incident as an "unfathomed mystery" when telling federal parliament he had recently spoken with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak.
No wellspring of learning is left unfathomed , while the commonest observation – a shoe buckle, the buffering circle on a computer screen – is liable to trigger a poststructural disquisition on time and memory, or a lesson on how iodine or ventilation systems work.
"We will do our duty to the families of the 230 people on that aircraft who are still absolutely devastated by their absence, and who are still profoundly, profoundly saddened by this as yet unfathomed mystery".
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The adjective "unfathomed " primarily functions as a modifier, describing a noun by indicating that it is not fully explored or understood. Ludwig highlights its use in diverse contexts, ranging from physical spaces to abstract concepts.
Expression frequency: Common
